Recent content by desert_steve

Here at 'Desert-Steves yard of famine' we dont have anything growing (besides weeds) but we have ground squirrels and sparrows like a mo-fo. Ive used various traps/techniques over the years to help cull them and some years have been better than others. The squirrel-inator trap with some bird...

^ You guys lucked-out! IIRC, they shut JosB down after about 4 yrs or so. Maybe AAA is a little more lenient (although not the one in Victorville, theyve got a chick there thats a damn nazi and gets all shitty about people "scamming CA out of money so thats why they continuously have to raise...

^ That only works for so many years though before they (CA) require you to bring it back to CA for a smog, or register it in that other state.

Free seat huh?

Makes total sense on the usable torque. Most of my "off road experience" has been powered by 22re's or ford OHV 4.0s. The 3.4 that we swapped into my 4runner is an absolute monster in comparison. Im not a power-monger in terms of driving style, so a 3.4 is PLENTY of power. That said, the sweet...

Like Adam said, its pretty easy. I watched a youtube video on how to pull the door panels on my superduty (so I didnt break anything trying to get them off) and bought the plug-n-play adaper thingys for the speakers on amazon for $10. Start to finish took me about 35 minutes for both...

This is just me thinking out loud, but how much value/worth do you think youll get out of your current 3.4? Im not trying to be rude or disrespectful at all, but I dont think youre going to be rolling in ducktales money by selling your 3.4 (to fund a V8 swap). Rough estimate says youll spend...

Many yrs ago, Cal Minis in montclair had a shit-ton of them...

Your "butchery" looks great, Im jealous! Anything Ive ever notched looks like I did it with a dull hatchet... in total darkness.

Better yet, I was waiting for you to decide what you were going to do with the truck... y'know, so you had *bonus parts* to include with your sale. Come buy your bonus parts so you can sell em with your truck.

Ive got a complete pair of seats out of a toyota p/u. As you can see from the pics, they need some love. All adjusters and levers work like they should... theyre just, hideous. Ive also got a pair of seats out of a 1st gen tacoma. Its just the seat covers/cushions, no bases/tracks. Im not the...

1st gen Coyote (so a zipper closure instead of the roll top) 39L bag, along with a 1st generation Tillamook (I think its 45L?) bag. Some scuffs and abrasions on the reflective piping as shown in the 1st pic of the coyote bag - theyre from rubbing on the back of my vest. The marks on the...

Long tube headers with EGR ports (these are smog legal headers). I have a brand new pair of LCE manifold gaskets in the box to go with them. Buy the headers, get a 3.0L axle-snapper engine for free[ish]! I was told the engine has DOA racing heads (or they did the head work) and ran when pulled...

Option 5: TTB the front, link the back, and let it live out the rest of its life on jackstands as an unfinished project.